1964 in film

The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.

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Top-grossing films (U.S.)

The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:

Highest-grossing films of 1964
RankTitleDistributorDomestic rentals
1 Mary Poppins Buena Vista $31,000,000[1]
2 My Fair Lady Warner Bros. $30,000,000[2]
3 Goldfinger United Artists $22,500,000[1]
4 The Carpetbaggers Paramount $15,500,000[1]
5 From Russia With Love United Artists $9,200,000[1]
6 A Shot in the Dark $6,748,000[3]
7 What a Way to Go! 20th Century Fox $6,100,000[4]
8 The Unsinkable Molly Brown MGM $6,040,000[3]
9 The Pink Panther United Artists $5,935,000[3]
10 A Hard Day's Night $5,800,000[5]

Events

Awards

Academy Awards:

Best Picture: My Fair LadyWarner Bros.
Best Director: George CukorMy Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex HarrisonMy Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie AndrewsMary Poppins
Best Supporting Actor: Peter UstinovTopkapi
Best Supporting Actress: Lila KedrovaZorba the Greek
Best Foreign Language Film: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), directed by Vittorio De Sica, Italy

Golden Globe Awards:

Drama:
Best Picture: Becket
Best Actor: Peter O'TooleBecket
Best Actress: Anne BancroftThe Pumpkin Eater
Comedy or Musical:
Best Picture: My Fair Lady
Best Actor: Rex HarrisonMy Fair Lady
Best Actress: Julie AndrewsMary Poppins
Other
Best Supporting Actor: Edmond O'BrienSeven Days in May
Best Supporting Actress: Agnes MooreheadHush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Best Director: George CukorMy Fair Lady

Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival):

Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), directed by Jacques Demy, France

Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival):

Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy

Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival):

Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer), directed by Ismail Metin, Turkey

1964 film releases

United States unless stated

January–March

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July–September

October–December

Notable films released in 1964

United States unless stated

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  • Joseph Kilian (Postava k podpírání), directed by Pavel Juráček and Jan Schmidt – (Czechoslovakia)
  • Joy House (Les felins), directed by René Clément, starring Alain Delon and Jane Fonda – (France)

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Short film series

Births

  • January 4 - David Bowe, American character actor
  • January 6
  • January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actor, producer and director
  • January 11 – Patrícia Pillar, Brazilian actress
  • January 13 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
  • January 14 - Mark Addy, English actor
  • January 18 – Jane Horrocks, English actress
  • January 19 - Ty Granderson Jones, Creole American actor, screenwriter and producer
  • January 23 - Mariska Hargitay, actress
  • January 27 – Bridget Fonda, actress
  • February 1 - Linus Roache, British actor
  • February 5 – Laura Linney, actress
  • February 10 - Francesca Neri, Italian actress
  • February 15 – Chris Farley, actor (d. 1997)
  • February 16 – Christopher Eccleston, English actor
  • February 17 - Angelica Page, American actress, director, producer and screenwriter
  • February 18 – Matt Dillon, actor
  • February 20
  • February 21 - Adrian Schiller, English actor (d. 2024)
  • February 22 - James Wlcek, American actor
  • February 23 - Ronan Vibert, English actor (d. 2022)
  • February 24 – Todd Field, director and actor
  • February 25 - Lee Evans, English stand-up comedian and actor
  • February 26 - Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
  • March 3 - Laura Harring, Mexican-American actress
  • March 6 - Yvette Wilson, American actress and comedian (d. 2012)
  • March 7 – Wanda Sykes, American actress, comedian and writer
  • March 8 - Bob Bergen, American voice actor
  • March 9 – Juliette Binoche, actress
  • March 11
  • March 16 - Gore Verbinski, American director, screenwriter, producer and musician
  • March 17 – Rob Lowe, actor
  • March 23 - Hope Davis, American actress
  • March 25 - LisaGay Hamilton, American actress
  • March 27 - Clive Rowe, British actor
  • March 29 - Elle Macpherson, Australian actress and model
  • March 30 - Ian Ziering, American actor
  • April 4 – David Cross, actor and comedian
  • April 6 - Deborah Theaker, Canadian actress
  • April 7 – Russell Crowe, actor
  • April 8 - Biz Markie, American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
  • April 12 - Mark Camacho, Canadian actor and voice actor
  • April 13 - Caroline Rhea, Canadian-American actress, voice artist and stand-up comedian
  • April 14 - Gina McKee, English actress
  • April 16 - Boyd Banks, Canadian stand-up comedian and actor
  • April 20
  • April 22 - Chris Makepeace, Canadian former actor
  • April 24
  • April 25 – Hank Azaria, actor, voice actor, comedian and producer
  • May 1 - Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
  • May 5 - Don Payne, American writer and producer (d. 2013)
  • May 6
  • May 11 - Tim Blake Nelson, American actor, writer and director
  • May 12
    • Tiffany Helm, American actress
    • Pierre Morel, French film director
  • May 13
    • Stephen Colbert, American comedian, television host, and writer
    • Sakichi Sato, Japanese actor, director and screenwriter
    • Tom Verica, American actor, director and producer
  • May 16 - Rebecca Front, English actress, writer and comedian
  • May 19 - Sean Whalen, American actor and writer
  • May 20 - Paolo Seganti, Italian actor
  • May 22 - Mark Christopher Lawrence, American character actor, stand-up comedian and voice-over artist
  • May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Irish actor (d. 2023)
  • May 26 - Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter and actor
  • May 27 - Adam Carolla, American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster
  • June 7
    • Judie Aronson, American actress
    • Gia Carides, Australian actress
  • June 9 – Gloria Reuben, actress/singer
  • June 10 - Tony Martin, New Zealand comedian, writer and actor
  • June 13
  • June 15 – Courteney Cox, actress
  • June 21 – David Morrissey, English actor and filmmaker
  • June 22
  • June 23 - Joss Whedon, American filmmaker and composer
  • June 26 - Ian Tracey, Canadian actor
  • June 30
    • Ivan Trojan, Czech actor
    • Mark Waters, American screenwriter, director and producer
  • July 1 - Peter Marquardt, American actor and video game producer (d. 2014)
  • July 2 - Eric Michels, American actor (d. 2018)
  • July 3
  • July 5 - Jillian Armenante, American actress
  • July 7 - Tracy Reiner, American actress
  • July 8 – Lam Suet, Hong Kong actor
  • July 9 – Courtney Love, American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress
  • July 11
    • Laura Cayouette, American actress, writer, producer and director
    • Greg Mottola, American director and screenwriter
  • July 16 – Canti Lau, Hong Kong actor
  • July 17 - Heather Langenkamp, American actress, writer, director and producer
  • July 19 - Peter Dobson, American actor
  • July 20 – Dean Winters, American actor
  • July 22
  • July 26
  • July 28 — Lori Loughlin, actress
  • July 30
    • Vivica A. Fox, American actress
    • Jim Wise, American actor, singer, writer and composer
  • August 1 - Melanie Shatner, American actress
  • August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker, actress
  • August 6 - Lisa Boyle, American actress and model
  • August 7 - Tom McGrath, American voice actor, animator, screenwriter and director
  • August 11 - Lawrence Monoson, American retired actor
  • August 13 - Debi Mazar, American actress and television personality
  • August 14 - Andrew Kevin Walker, American screenwriter and actor
  • August 16 – William Salyers, actor and voice actor
  • August 18 - Brian Stack, American actor, comedian and writer
  • August 20 – Flaminia Cinque, English actress
  • August 25 - Saverio Guerra, American actor
  • August 27 - Robert Bogue, American actor
  • August 29 - Dina Spybey, American actress
  • August 30 - Nelson Ascencio, Cuban-American actor and comedian
  • September 1 - Welker White, American actress
  • September 2 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
  • September 5 - Thomas Mikal Ford, American actor and comedian (d. 2016)
  • September 6 - Rosie Perez, American actress
  • September 14
    • Stephen Dunham, American actor (d. 2012)
    • Faith Ford, American actress
  • September 16 - Molly Shannon, American actress and comedian
  • September 19 - Jennifer Cooke, American former actress
  • September 20 - Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress
  • September 24 - Adam Alexi-Malle, Italian actor and singer
  • September 28 - Janeane Garofalo, American actress, voice artist, stand-up comedian and writer
  • September 30 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model
  • October 3 – Clive Owen, English actor
  • October 8 - Ian Hart, English actor
  • October 9 - Guillermo del Toro, Mexican filmmaker
  • October 10
  • October 12 - Allen Covert, American comedian, actor, writer and producer
  • October 13 - Matt Walsh, American comedian and actor
  • October 14
    • Adam Hollander, American actor (d. 1984)
    • David Kaye, Canadian-American voice actor
  • October 23 - David Sobolov, Canadian voice actor and director
  • October 25 – Kevin Michael Richardson, American actor and voice actor
  • October 31 - Kirk Jones, English director and screenwriter
  • November 2
    • Lauren Vélez, American actress
    • Lorraine Vélez, American singer and actress
  • November 5 - Famke Janssen, Dutch actress
  • November 6 - Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (d. 2001)
  • November 7 - Garret T. Sato, American actor (d. 2020)
  • November 14 – Patrick Warburton, American actor and voice artist
  • November 16
  • November 17 - Ralph Garman, American actor, comedian, musician and radio host
  • November 18 - Nadia Sawalha, British actress, television personality and YouTuber
  • November 20 - Ned Vaughn, American actor
  • November 23 - Boyd Kestner, American actor
  • November 24 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor
  • November 29 – Don Cheadle, American actor
  • November 30 - Richard Brake, Welsh-born American character actor
  • December 3 - Lisanne Falk, American former actress and producer
  • December 4 – Marisa Tomei, American actress
  • December 8
    • Teri Hatcher, American actress
    • John Refoua, American film editor (d. 2023)
  • December 10 - Edith González, Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2019)
  • December 19
    • Zhang Hanyu, Chinese actor
    • Ben Becker, German actor
  • December 23
  • December 24
  • December 27
  • December 31 - Michael McDonald, American stand-up comedian, actor, screenwriter and director

Deaths

Film debuts

References

  1. Finler, Joel Waldo (2003). The Hollywood Story. Wallflower Press. pp. 358–359. ISBN 978-1-903364-66-6.
  2. Tzioumakis, Yannis; Krämer, Peter (2018). The Hollywood Renaissance: Revisiting American Cinema's Most Celebrated Era. ISBN 978-1-5013-3787-1. Indeed, by the time of Variety's next annual review in January 1967, My Fair Lady was at number six in the all-time chart (with domestic rentals (that is the share of ticket sales which the distributor receives in the United States of $30 million; all rental figures in this chapter relate only to the domestic market), Mary Poppins at number five ($31 million), and The Sound of Music at number one, having overtaken Gone With the Wind, a record sum to which, Variety predicted, millions would be added in 1967.
  3. Top 20 Films of 1964 by Domestic Revenue
  4. "Big Rental Pictures of 1964", Variety, 6 January 1965 p 39.
  5. Tzioumakis, Yannis; Romanowski, William D. (2017). Risky Business: Rock in Film. ISBN 978-1-3514-9284-3. By October 1964, A Hard Day's Night has grossed $5.8 million in U.S. rentals.
  6. Whit (November 18, 1964). "Film review: Those Calloways". Variety. 236 (13): 7, 22.
  7. Overview for Swingers' Paradise (1965)", Turner Classic Movies page
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